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Originally Posted by Jords

The simple fact you wont get in trouble for taking it will draw people to use it as stress relief or fun. And those who currently take it will probably take it more if it was allowed.

The drug can become not 'enough' for you because you get addicted and you then search for harder drugs yourself.

So god forbid more people are less stressed and fun?

Your gateway drug argument is still basless and constructed merely on phohibitionist assumptions. That's like saying coca cola is not enough for people so they move onto vodka. Or sniffing lynx is not enough for people so they jump off bridges for 'da buzz'.

Even the government are running out of motivation in the U.S. There are coffee shops opening up in California now and nobody cares anymore. If Obama is re-elected for a second term he could push for full legalisation or at the least decriminalization.

The point is, you can't throw people in prison cells for growing a plant and smoking it and not harming anybody but themselves. Think about it. It's riddiculous.